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- Nov 30, 2007
Twenty-nine heartbroken girls for every one smiling dictator.....and the Yulia hype I experienced during the course of the Sochi Olympics made me quietly whisper words like 'voyeurism' and 'pedo fetish' in the wholesome guise of sports and feel sad for girls retiring at the ripe old age of 23, with multiple injuries. It made me wonder, above all, what it means to be a fan of Olympic figure skating. Are we pure aesthetes, oblivious to its political underpinnings, and how it reflects on what the society sees as an ideal female body and women's place within it. Your thoughts....
Some reading about what it was like to be no longer a little girl
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eliza...l?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living&ir=Healthy Living
Some reading about what it was like to be no longer a little girl
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eliza...l?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living&ir=Healthy Living
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